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Colm Mulcahy's Card Colm

Colm Mulcahy'sCard Colm

Card Colm explores mathematical card principles and effects for fun,
very much inspired by the extensive writings of the still very active
Martin Gardner on the subject, going back to his seminal Mathematics,
Magic and Mystery (1956).

Colm Mulcahy
(colm@spelman.edu) has been
exploring mathematical card tricks in earnest for several years now, and
never tires of inflicting his latest favourite one on anyone who will
listen. More information about his writings and presentations on this
topic can be found at
http://www.spelman.edu/~colm/cards.html.

Colm hails from Ireland, where he earned batchelor's and master's degrees
in Mathematical Science at UCD. He then went to Cornell — more or
less along arcs of two great circles — where he did research in the
algebraic theory of quadratic forms for his PhD, under Alex FTW Rosenberg.
In 1988 he joined the department of mathematics at Spelman College, where he recently completed a three year term as Chair. His music and food obsessions far predate his recent affair with mathematical card tricks.